Mexico and Central America Handbook

This updated handbook, providing detailed and practical travel information on Mexico and Central America, covers the region from the US border to Panama's trackless Darien Gap. The book contains information on the culture, landscape and history of the region and its pre-Columbian civilizations.

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This updated handbook, providing detailed and practical travel information on Mexico and Central America, covers the whole region from the US border to Panama's trackless Darien Gap. Information is provided on all the attractions from the ancient Maya pyramids, Spanish colonial splendours and majestic volcanoes, to adventure sports and the best beaches. Details are included on Belize, Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, and Nicaragua. The book contains information on the culture, landscape and history of the region as well as the significance of the pre-Columbian civilizations of the Aztecs and the Mayas. Practical information on where to stay and where to eat is included, as well as on how to get about, with the latest information on border crossings.